"With structural insulated panels, you can erect a sturdy, airtight, well-insulated shell in a single step"

I was introduced to foam-core panels in 1982, when my small
crew started enclosing timber frames. Over the years we added a
second and third crew, and now we have an office, a sales staff
that keeps three road crews busy all over the country, and a shop
that does panel cutting and design. These days, we build quite a few
homes where structural insulated panels, or SIPs, make up the entire
structural assembly, with little, if any, other
framing. That's the kind of building this story
is about.
Any house you can stick-build, you can build with structural insulated
panels, and in less time. The tools, the materials, and